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> #1 My stock right side mirror is getting sloppy. I need to tighten the screw on the bottom but it's stiff and I'm afraid of stripping it. any one know how to loosen it with out trashing the screw. > #1 It's very easy to twist off the nut still with a chunk of thread in it, making the mirror useless. The centre pin on most of them is just mazac (monkey metal in the USA?), a casting alloy, rather than steel. Soak the pin area with liquid wrench, warm it a bit maybe (heat gun?) but watch the glass. Or maybe wrap some fishing line into the joint to tighten it up a bit without risking complete failure. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~